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A Bee Hive.

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Lenen Patent No. 81,398, dans Auguste@ 1868; mames Augusfsgwes.

y 'IMrOvLMENT- 1N 'SURPLUS-HONEY BOXES 1N Bst-Hives.

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`'ro ALL. wHOM IT- MAY OONOERN:

Be it known that we, HIRAM MOON and DEWITT C. TURNER, of Red Creek, in the county of Wayne, and State of New York, h'ave'inventcd certain new 'and useful Improvementsin Surplus-Honey Boxes; and we do hcrebydeclare that the following is'a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being'had to the accompanying drawings, and to the lettersiof'rcference marked `thereon, which form a part of this specification,

in whichv Figure 1 represents aperspeetive view of our hive, and the adjustable box attached to it..

Figure 2`is a perspective of samewith door opened, so as to give a view of the honey-case within. FigureB is a vertical section ofthe hive and honey-case within it.

The nature of our invention consists inconstructing an adjustable surplus-honey case with strings attached to it, for the purpose of elevating it to -any desired height in the adjustable box.

llhe letter A designates the bee-hive, and B the adjustable box', when in position. In the honey-board of hive A, a circularopening, G, is-made, which corresponds with opening D, as seen in. iig. 2.v i

C represents the honey-case, which is made to t inside of' box B. Totwo opposite sides of case '0,"the Ystringgs S areattached, for the purpose of raising or' lowering the said case,.as.may be required. When tbecase C is at the'de'sired elevation, it will be held in position by pressing strings S dow'n onpoints n, (see iig. 2.)

It will be'observed that the honey-case C will be furnished with a pane or panes oi' glass, 'to enable the bee'lmaster to observe the working of thcbees. y v 4 E represents an adjustable cap, fitting on the top of box B. The b'ox B is furnished with the door F, which, when opened',"will-enable the observer to inspect the operation ofthe bees in honey-case C. i

' We claim the following advantages for our mode: of constructing surplus-honey cases:

First, the large Opening G in the honey-board, the object of which is to induce the bees to cluster in said opening, as' 'thcynre prone to do, `for thepurpose ci' protecting the comb yfrom the ravages of the moth. When collected as above represei1ted,'if facilities arc-aorded them to extend their comb upward, they will immediately renewtheii` labor to effect that object. As soon as caso C, which will rest on the honey-boardG, is filled with comb, aknife'must be passed under case C, and thussepnrate-the comb in case CiromV that in the vopening G. The case C can now be raised higher in box.B, by means oi' strings S, so as to supply the bees with additional Vspace to continue their labor.

By this arrangement, we secure thclabor of the bees at the season when' the purest and best honey is made,

vwhllich is the season of th ewhite-oloverl bloom. We are enabled 'to get surplus honey during fthe swarmingseason.

Having thusi described our invention, whatwe claim, and'de'sire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 1. The adjustable honey-case C, when constructed as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The case'C, in combination with adjustable box B and hive A, when constructed substantially as described. 'In testimony thatwe claim the foregoing as oiir own,l we aiix our signatures inA presence otvtw'o witnesses.

\ HiRAMA MOON,

DEWITT C. TURNER.

` Vlitnesses:

T. H. ALEXANDER, D. C. WAsnBUnN. 

